• DocumentCode
    2156697
  • Title

    Phase sensitive amplification in a highly nonlinear lead-silicate fibre

  • Author

    Ettabib, Mohamed A. ; Jones, Liam ; Kakande, Joseph ; Slavik, Radan ; Parmigiani, Francesca ; Feng, Xian ; Poletti, Francesco ; Ponzo, Giorgio M. ; Shi, Jindan ; Petrovich, Marco N. ; Petropoulos, Periklis ; Loh, Wei H. ; Richardson, David J.

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Univ. of Southampton, Southampton, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    18-22 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate phase-sensitive amplification in a highly nonlinear lead-silicate W-type fibre. A phase-sensitive gain swing of 6dB was observed in a 1.56m sample of the fibre for a total launched power of 33dBm.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; gain 66 dB; highly nonlinear lead-silicate W-type fibre; highly nonlinear lead-silicate fibre; phase sensitive amplification; phase-sensitive amplification; phase-sensitive gain swing; size 1.56 m; Dispersion; Gain; Lead; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Geneva
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1918-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6065886